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WEA Secretary General to Head AIDS Relief in Churches Together
Just one week after the Secretary General of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Rev Gary Edmonds announced his resignation, it was revealed that he is going to join Churches Together officially on...
India Honours Widow of Slain Australian Missionary
India bestowed a prestigious civilian honour to Australian Gladys Staines, widow of missionary Graham Staines who was killed by a Hindu mob along with their two sons in 1999...
Pope Backs Spanish Catholics to Defend Christian Life amid Moral Decline
Following the polemic in the Spanish Catholic Church over the use of condoms in combating AIDS, the Pope John Paul II urged believers to defend the Christian way of life when the Archbishop of Madrid and a group of Spanish bishops visited the Vatican...
African Evangelical Lutheran Appointed ACT Coordinating Office Director
A new appointment has been announced for the Director of the Coordinating Office of Action by Churches Together (ACT) International. The Rev White M. Rakuba...
Evangelicals Address Homelessness across Britain
The Evangelical Alliance UK has highly promoted the 30th January Homelessness Sunday. Currently the Church Army is also calling for churches and agencies to make their contribution...
Christian Leaders Emphasise Evangelical Values
At a Christian Leadership Congress organised by the Germany-based evangelical news agency IDEA, more than 2,500 leaders from the worlds of politics, economics, commerce and industry as well as the churches agreed that the Gospel...
Mourners Try to Recover Normal Life One Month After Tsunami
26th January marked the one month anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami in the Indian Ocean. In the tsunami-hit countries, amid a number of memorial ceremonies held for the lost lives, survivors were trying their best to return to their normal lives...
Church Aid Call for Psychological Care for Post-Tsunami Shock
For tsunami survivors, the trauma brought about by the death of loved ones is unspeakable. Church aids are calling for psychological care and long term recovery programme...
CSW Renew Efforts to Make Known Persecution in Eritrea
Following the latest series of crackdowns on Christians in Eritrea by the country’s government, Christian Solidarity Worldwide has launched a brand new campaign to protect the persecuted...
Indian Christians keep their faith in wake of tsunami
True faith can be revealed through times of hardship. The Church of North India (CNI) General Secretary Rev Enos Das Pradhan said that the people of Car Nicobar island, one of the worst tsunami-hit areas, have shown great faith despite adversity...
Campaign Launched in London to Save Assyrian Christians
In light of a series of violent incidents targeted at churches and Christians in Iraq, the international community is becoming increasingly concerned about the worsening situation...
Swiss Leaders Sign Ecumenical Guidelines
On Sunday 23rd January, major Christian leaders in Switzerland gathered at the Collégiale of St-Ursanne to endorse an important ecumenical document drawn by the Conference of European Churches (CEC)...
Theologians Meet to Share Visions for a New World
As part of the preparation for WCC delegates’ attendance in the coming World Social Forum, 180 theologians from all parts of the world have joined the World Forum on Theology and Liberation in Porto Alegre, Brazil from 21st to 25th January ...
S. Korean Missionary to File Suit against China in U.S.
A South Korean missionary who was detained in a Chinese prison for two years on charges of "abetting" North Korean defectors will fly to the United States Saturday and launch legal proceedings against his captors...
Tsunami Relief Cardiff Concert Raises £1.25 million
Cardiff, Wales hosted the largest charity concert since Live Aid took place 20 years ago to raise much needed aid funds for Asian tsunami relief efforts...
More Evangelicals in Eritrea Arrested
Eritrea, located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, has previously been reported to be one of the world's most serious abusers of religious liberty and persecutors of Christians. Amid a series of persecution on evangelical Christians...